Feed knock-off mechanism for lathes



June 25, 1935. J VELY FEED KNOCK-OFF MECHANISM FOR LATHES '5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 5, i952 June J. E. LOVELY 2,006,144

FEED KNOCK-OFF MECHANISM FOR LATHES Filed Nov. 3, 1952 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 wW.W,QQJI- M June 25, 1 935. I J. E. LOVELY 2,005,144

FEED KNOCK-OFF MECHANISM FOR LATHES Filed NOV. 3, 1932 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 June 25, 1935. J. E. LOVELY I I FEED KNOCK-OFF MECHANISM-FOR LATHES Filed Nov; 5-, 1952 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 June 25, 1935. J. E. LOVELY 2,006,144

FEED KNOCK-OFF MECHANISM FDR LATHES I I Filed Nov. '5, 1932 5 Shets-Sheet 5] Patented June 25 1935 I FEEDYKNOCIK-OFFYMECHANISM FOR, a Lamas.

John in. Lovely, Springfield, vtJ, assignor. to Jones &'Lamson MachineCompany, Springfield, Vt., a corporation of Vermont Application November 3,1932, Serial No. 640,927

I n 6 Claims. This invention relates to mechanism for knocking off the feed of the carriage and cross-slide of a lathe. In the particular embodiment of the invention illustrated on the drawings, the invention is shown as applied to a lathe having a 'carriage slidable longitudinally on the lathe bed a 1 cross-slide being mounted on the carriage and lathe. T I v I Figures 6 and '7 are perspective views of cam.

1 transversely slidable thereon, this slide being'provided with grooves. for the mounting of a turret or of individual tools. I

. According to the invention the transverse feed can beknocked off in both directions at selected predetermined points. The longitudinal feed of the carriage toward the chuck can be knocked off at a selected predetermined point. I The mechanis m also includes, means for convenient manual knocking oif of either feed at any time. Other advantageous combinations. and features of structure will be apparent from the disclosureof the invention in the description which follows and on the drawings, of which,--

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of a lathe including an embodiment of the invention.

within. s V

Figure 3, is a sectional view of the lathe, lookv ing toward the head stock.

Figure 4 is a sectionalview of the ing away from the head stock.

Figure 5 is a front of the casing broken away to showflthe parts elements in the control levers.

. within.

Figure 9 isa section on the lines 9-9" of Figures The pinion 30 is mounted on a suitable shaft 32.

which is journalledlin a portion of thecarriage 25 and which also has thereon a gear wheel 33 meshing with a pinion 34 mounted on a shaft 35. A hand ,wheel is also mounted on the shaft 35 for manual actuation of the carriage feeding,

mechanism. The carriage may also befedby power. A-cons'tantly driven gear wheel (Figure 5) is loosely mounted on a shaft 46 which is journalled in the carriage. A pinion 41. is also loosely mounted on the shaft 46 and may be Opera.-

lathe, 160a elevation of aportion ofthe:

Figure 8 shows a portion of Figure 3, with part v of the casing broken away to show working V tively connected with the gear wheel45 by a. clutch as hereinafter described. Any conventional means may be employed for driving the gear wheel '45. .Such means may include change speed gearing conveniently located in a casing 50 for f operation by a control lever 5|, as described in a co-pending application Serial 675,887, filed by Ralph E. Flanders on June 15, 1933.

movement is a cross-slide 55. A feed screw 56 is mounted on the cross-slide to provide transverse feeding movement to'the cross-slidefin a manner. well known in the art. The feed screw has an extension 51 with ahand wheel'58 for manual actuation of the feeding mechanism'for the cross-slide. Mounted on the extension- 51 of the feed screw is a pinion 60 which meshes with a gear wheel 6|. 'I'his gearwheel is loosely ,mounted on a shaftv 62 on which is also loosely mounted a pinion 63 meshing with the gear wheel v45 to be constantly driven therewith. The gear wheel SI and pinion 63 can be operatively conv I nejcted as by a clutch for transmission of power Figure 2 shows a portion of Figure 1 with a part illustrated and described. .As'shown in Figure9,

v the clutch may consistv of a pair of hub members 65 and integral with or connected to the gear wheel 6| (or the gear. wheel 45) and the pinion 63 .(or the. pinion 41) respectively; These hub members are provided with abutting faces, preferably with interfitting serrations, wherebyfthe gear wheel Bl may be driven with the pinion 63 when these serrated faces are in mutual'engag'ement.' The hub member 65,'as shown, is provided with a'nu'mber of springs 10 which press against plungers 'll so as to push the hub member 65 away from the hub member 66. Thus the clutch if left to itself is normally open or disengaged. For the engagement of the clutch, a

Mounted on the carriage for transverse sliding control lever 15 may be provided, this lever being loosely mounted on a sleeve 16 whichis keyed or otherwise secured to the shaft 62. The sleeve I6 is grooved at its outer end to receive loosely a cam ring which is pinned ,to the hubportion of the lever 15 as by a suitable pin 8| so as to rock therewith around the axis ofthe shaft 62. The cam ring 80 is provided'with an annular portion 82 having a pair of notches 83 therein. Each of these notches has one sloping side face 84b The sleeve 15 is drilled to receive a pair of plungers and balls 9|. The latter are adapted to enter the recesses 83 in the cam ring 80. It

is evident that when the lever 15 is rocked, if the balls 9| are in the recesses 83, rocking movement of theIcam ring 80 will cause the balls 9| to ride on the sloping surfaces 84, thus "causing the plungers to move upwardly or toward the gear wheel0l, as'shown in- Figure 9. The ends of the plungers 00 remote from the balls 0| are adapted to restagainst a suitable ring 03 on which is a ball bearing 00.

of the gear wheeltl.

' movementresults in similar movement on the that when the balls 0i ride out of the recesses.

gear wheel itself. The sloping sur- 00 are so designed part of the faces 00 of the cam member 03, the hub member 00 of the gear wheel is moved into operative engagement with the hub member 00 so thatithe gear wheel 0| is thereupon driven by its connection with the pinion 03. At the further end of the pinion hub member 00, a ball bearing 90may be provided to take the thrust of the plungers 00 acting against the hub member 05. It is evidentthat rocking the lever 10 about its axis results in engagin and clutch which connects the gear wheel 0I with the pinion 03.

" I5 may be suitably limited. by a button 00 prothe operation of member I00 is mounted in jectinginto a recess of the lever arm 15, the slot of the recess "being of limited length.

- Since it is necessary to maintain the clutch engagedfor considerableperiods of time during the lathe, it is desirable'to have" means for locking the control lever I0 in its position for clutch'eng'agement. To this end a latch the end portion of the lever arm 10,, the latch member I00 having a..pro'jectins portion IOI normally extending into an aperture in the end 'of a hollow thimble I02 which, is secured in suitable position in the carriage .frame,

' retraction of the latch I00 to-release the lever "lversely in the end portion of'the'lever'arm 10' I and'jprojects therefrom at both; ends. auxiliarylever 'IIO isrockably mounted on the arm '10. To this endgthe latchI00, is alidlbly mounted infa sleeve I00 which is fixed transsleeve I00, the end portion of the auxiliary lever o I I0'being forked so as to'bear on both projecting endportions of the sleeve I00. Qnewof theend portions of the sleeve I00 projects beyondvithe' lever no Vsufiiciently to carry loosely a cain ring III. ringlis pinned tothe latch I00 by a pin I I2 which rides in a slot II3 in the sleeve I00 so that the'ring is held'against rotation relative to the sleeve,'but is permittedaxial movement withthe latch I00. Theiring III, as shown in Figure 6, is'provided with two or more'notches I I5 in'its end face, the side wall I I0 of each notch 7 being sloped. A pair of pins'I I1 are driven into recesses in the. outer face of the auxiliary lever H0, these'pins having rounded ends projecting from the face ofthe'lever toride in respective notches IIS in the ring. When the lever I I0 is rocked withrespect to the lever I0, the pins I II are caused to ride out of their recesses IIO. This reacts against the ring III moving it downwardly as showninl igure 9, this downward motion resulting in a'retraction of the end portion IOI of the latch I00'from the opening in the thimble I02. Thus the lever 10 is released so'asto disengage the clutch members 00 and 00.

The lever I0 may also be released automatically by suitable means illustrated particularly in Figures 8 and 9. Within the thimble I02is slidably mounted a plunger I20, the end of whichnormally This ball bearing in turn; bears against an end face of thehub member 00' Thus when the plungers" are moved toward the gear wheel 0I, such' disengaging the The rocking stroke of the lever thelever arm 'll is'held in engaging position as long as the end of the latch I00 is engaged inthe opening of the thimble I 02.

v401 Manually operable means are provided for the abuts the end of the latch I00. The plunger I20 is movabieoutwardly so as topush the latch I00 clear of the opening in the thimble' I02, but is usually pressed in the opposite direction bya suitable spring I20. The plunger I20 is provided with a head I2I which may have a doublebevel I20 to engage in a notch I20 in an arm of a bell crank I30. The other arm I3I of the bell crank engages in a peripheral groove I32 of a' suitable spool I30 I which is rotatably adjustable in the carriage. This spool is axially slidable for a short distanceto rock the bell crank I30. When the bell crank is thus rocked, as shown in Figure 8, one or the other of the'beveled faces I20 of the plunger'head I21 rides on oneof the faces of L the notch I20, the

plunger I20 being pushed against the pressure of thespring I20 to move the end portion IOI' of the latch I00 clear of the thimble I02. The head I21 is preferably of greater diameter thanthe rest of the plunger I20 forming a shoulder I33 adapted to engage the innerend of the thimble'i02 when the plunger is pushed outwardly by the rocking 'of the bell crank I30. The outer end of the plunger I20 is preferably flush with the outer endof the thimble I02 when the shoulder I33 is pressed 1 against the inner end of the thimble, as shown in ,Figure 8. Thus axial movement of the spool I30 in either direction releases the lever I0 so as to throw out the clutch and stop the rotation of the feed screw 00, and the engagement of the shoulder I33 with the inner end of the thimble I02 provides I definite positive stops for the cross-slide at predetermined points. The spool I30 ispre'ferably provided with aplurality of set screws; I30 these set screws extending all the waythrough thespool parallel with the axis thereof. Four suchscrews are illustrated in the spool I30 as shown in Figure 5. The'cross-slide 00 is provided with a pair of stop elements I00 and I0 I These'elements can be I swung into or out of operative'position in which its path of motion brings it into engagement with an obstructing "membersuch as'one of the set screws ,I30 when the cross-slide ismoved'. {The stop element I00 is shown in operative position in Figin'e 3, the stop element I being shown in its inoperative position." The spool is adapted to yield axially a definite limited distance whenone'of its setscrews is engagedby a stop element travelling with the cross-slide. When the spool reaches the limit of its permitted movement 'it positively blocks the cross-slide against any further" travel. The

displacement of the spool by, the stop member results in the disengaging of :Zthefeed mechanism of the cross-slide" from its driving means. The several set screws I30 may be adiustedas desired to stop the feed ofthe cross-slide at diflerent predetermined points, these points being determined by the selection of a suitably adiusted'set screw I30.

.As shown in Figure 5. the spool I30 is releasably held in a deilnite'angular position as by a yielding detent consisting of a ball I03 pressed by a spring I00 in a suitable recess I00 in the side'of the spool. Thus the spool may be correctlybut releasably held in any one of four positions, according to the particular set'scre'w I30 selected for engagement with the stop elements I00 and I0I; It is evident Somewhat similar mechanism is provided for knocking oil the feed of the carriage along the bed frame of the lathe. Such mechanism may include a spool I 60 having a number of set screws IGI adjustably set therein to engage a suitable stop (not shown) on the lathe bed. As indicated in Figure 2, axial displacement'of the spool I60 rocks a lever I65 which is pivotally mounted as at I66, this lever having an extension llil presented against a plunger l'lll to release a control lever I15 in a manner similar to that herein-before described. The plunger H0 is provided with a head I'll which is adapted to engage the inner end of the thimble in which the plunger slides. This definitely and positively limits the rocking of the lever I65 and hence furnishes a positive stop for the feeding movement of the carriage. The lever I15 may be constructed and operated identically with the construction and operation of the control lever 15.

Both of the feed knock-off control levers, as indicated in Figure 5, are preferably mounted in a substantially horizontal position so that when released, they will descend by their own weight to throw out the corresponding clutches. Each lever may be provided with a suitable handle I80 at its free end to facilitate manual operation. To support the auxiliary lever H0 in its normal position relative to the lever 15, a plunger l8l may be arranged in the lever 15 to press against a shoulder I82 on the lever H0, a suitable spring I83 being behind the plunger.

An embodiment of the invention having thus been described, it is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the specific form shown, but may be varied within, the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is: I

1. In a lathe, a bed, a carriage slidable thereon a cross-slide slidable on said carriage transversely of said bed, means for feeding said slide, a powerdriven shaft, means for connecting said feeding means to said shaft, a pair of stop elements mounted on said slide, and means on said carriage engageable by either of said stop elements to disconnect said feeding means from said shaft, said last-mentioned means including a device releasable to disconnect said feeding means, a shouldered plunger longitudinally movable to release said device, a non-yielding member engageable by the shoulder on said plunger simultaneously with the release of said device, an abutment member adapted to engage either of said stop elements, and non-yielding connections between said abutment member and said plunger.

2. In a lathe, a bed, a carriage slidable thereon, a cross-slide on said carriage, means on said carriage for feeding said cross-slide including a power-driven shaft, a feed-screw, and mechanism operatively connecting said shaft and feed-screw, and means for automatically and simultaneously disconnecting said feed-screwfrom saidshaftwhen the slide reaches a predetermined point and positively stopping said slide at said point, said disconnecting means including a device releasable to disconnect said feeding means, a plunger movable a predetermined limiteddistance just sufllcient to release said device, a fixed stop element engageable by said plunger simultaneously with the release of said device, an abutment member mounted on said carriage, a stop element on said cross-slide engageable by said abutment member, and non-yielding step-up connecting mechanism operably connecting said abutment member with said plunger, whereby any movement of said abutment member results in a multiplied distance of movement of said plunger.

3. In a lathe having a bed, a carriage thereon, a cross-slide on said carriage, and feeding means for said cross-slide, mechanism for automatically knocking oil the cross-slide feed, said mechanism including a lever rockable to knock off the feed, a latch on said lever normally holding said lever in inoperative position, a plunger movable against the latch to release said lever, a positive stop member engageable by said plunger coincidentally with the release of the lever, and means for moving said plunger, said last mentioned means including a pair of stop elements on said slide, an obstructing member mounted on the carriage in the path of motion of said elements and movable thereon by contact with either of said stop elements, and motion-multiplying means operatively connecting said obstructing member and plunger whereby movement of said obstructing member results in materially greater movement of said plunger.

4. In a lathe having a bed, a carriage thereon, and feeding means for said carriage, mechanism for automatically knocking off said feed means, said mechanism including a lever rockable to knock off the feed, a latch on said lever normally holding said lever in inoperative position, means for moving said latch to release said lever when the carriage reaches a predetermined point and to positively stop said carriage at said point, said latch-moving and carriage-stopping means including a plunger movable against said latch and having a shoulder, a stop element engageable by said shoulder to stop said plunger coincidentally with the release of said lever, anda spring pressing said shoulder away from said stop element.

5. In a lathe having a bed and a carriage movable thereon, feed means for said carriage, feed knock-off mechanism including a lever releasable to knock off the feed, a stop element adjustably fixed on said bed, a spool carried by said carriage and movable therewith into contact with said stop element, said spool being movable relatively to the carriage, a bell crank mounted on said carriage and rockable by relative movement of the spool, a shouldered plunger movable by rocking of said bell crank to release said lever, a fixed shoulder on the carriage engageable by said plunger to stop movement of the plunger coincidentally with the release of the lever, and a spring pressing the plunger away from said fixed shoulder.

6. In a lathe having a cross slide and feed means therefor, mechanism for knocking oii' said feed at predetermined points, said mechanism including a lever releasable to knockoff the feed, a latch normally holding said lever in inoperative position, a shouldered plunger movable to release, said latch, a fixed shoulder engageable by said plunger to stop the movement of the plunger coincidentally with the release of the latch, a spring pressing said plunger awayfrom said shoulder, a bell crank rockable in either direction from an intermediate position to move. said plunger against said spring to latch-releasing position, a spool' 

